Ebola Update: 28 Contacts Remain Under Monitoring as 34 Complete 21-Day Watch

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 28 contacts of an imported Ebola case remain under observation. Another 34 have completed the 21-day monitoring period, bringing the total number of identified contacts to 62. The index patient, a woman who arrived from Uganda, was treated at a private hospital in Abuja before being evacuated to Switzerland for further care. No additional cases have been confirmed. Two suspected cases in the North-East were investigated. The NCDC says screening, contact tracing, laboratory testing and infection-control measures are ongoing with federal, state and international partners. Monitoring is a precaution to detect symptoms early, not confirmation that contacts are ill. Surveillance is scheduled to end on November 13.

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